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Commission adopts ordinance requiring T12-to-T8 lighting upgrades in commercial and common areas
Summary
The Building Inspection Commission voted unanimously to approve a Commercial Lighting Efficiency Ordinance requiring 4‑ and 8‑foot fluorescent T12 tubes be replaced by more efficient T8 tubes in commercial common areas, multifamily common areas and municipal buildings; the department cited rebates and recycling programs to lower owner cost and environmental impact.
The Building Inspection Commission voted to approve a commercial lighting efficiency ordinance that requires owners to replace older 4‑ and 8‑foot T12 fluorescent tubes with higher‑efficiency T8 tubes in commercial common areas, multifamily common areas and municipal buildings.
Mark Weston of the Environment Department presented the measure as an amendment to the San Francisco Building Code (adding Chapter 13D) intended to reduce greenhouse‑gas…
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